Tanzania has agreed to train Somali soldiers as part of its efforts to support peace and security in Somalia, but some Tanzanian officials have expressed concern that further involvement in Somali affairs could invite terrorist attacks from al-Shabaab.

Nairobi (KON) - U.S. federal investigators say as many as 15 Somali-American men recently traveled to Syria to join Islamist militants who have been fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad's government.

NAIROBI (KON)--Recent rates of infection are four times higher than the same time last year, and a vaccination campaign must be "urgently conducted to prevent thousands of avoidable deaths", the UN children's agency UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) warned in a joint statement.

TALEH (KON) - Heavily armed troops from the self-declared breakaway republic of Somaliland have peacefully taken full control of the historical city of Taleeh, the seat of the unrecognized state of Khatumo, KON reports.

MARKO (KON) - After scores were killed and thousands fled their houses in a clan clashes, Somali prime minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed has sent on Wednesday a ministerial-level delegation to the coastal town of Marko, KON reports.

Wednesday 11 June 2014

MOMBASA (KON)-Gunmen in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa on Tuesday (June 10th) shot dead Mohamed Idris, an influential moderate Muslim preacher who was a vocal opponent of al-Shabaab and extremist ideology.

By: Ibrahim Hassan Gagale, (KON) - The story of Luqman is mentioned in The Noble Qur'an and Surat Luqman is named after him. Some Islamic Scholars say that Luqman was a prophet but the majority of scholars believe that Luqman…